Here’s a question that I’ve wanted to ask since the last couple of conferences. Several papers in the “Personal is Political: Archaeological Studies of and in Activist Contexts” session at the last Society for Historical Archaeology meeting asserted that archaeologists working on the African Diaspora needed more (some) training in African and/or African-American studies. I […]

On this day (February 8th) in 1915, D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation premiered in Los Angeles. This silent film was America’s first feature-length motion picture and a box-office smash–lasting an unprecedented three hours. Released under the title, The Clansman (at least for the first few weeks) , the movie debuted only after Griffith sought […]

Sorry I have been silent the last few weeks….I’ve been at the annual conference of the Society for Historical Archaeologists (SHA) in Sacramento, California….a good time was had by all (or most, anyway). While at the conference I attended this year’s forum sponsored by the African Diaspora Archaeology Network…By the way, I REALLY like these […]

First lady Laura Bush was the campus of Howard University in late October, along with many others, to conduct a session of the White House Conference on Helping America’s Youth. Apparently neither she, nor the Howard University officials, expected a large protest to ensue…. “What started as a demonstration of 50 students standing around the […]

Due to an unpleasant chain of events, the African-American Archaeology Listserv was deleted from Yahoo groups a few weekends ago. John McCarthy & I have reestablished the list, but unfortunately we cannot reestablish our membership (almost 300 members if I recall correctly) so easily. Former members can rejoin at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AAArch/ If you know of anybody […]